June 2008
creative commons hi-res photo of the day: 32... →
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: right; padding: 3px;} 32 ceramic objects and 4 vents, originally uploaded by thespeak.
Jay-Z covers Oasis at Glastonbury (video) →
Remember what Noel Gallagher said about Jay-Z playing Glastobury? Well, that festival was this weekend and look what Jay-Z did…
Wonderwall - Jay-z Live At Glastonbury
Bill Moyers | It Was Oil, All Along →
Bill Moyers says: “After a long exile, Exxon Mobil, Shell, Total and BP are back in Iraq. And on the wings of no-bid contracts - that’s right, sweetheart deals like those given Halliburton,…
hi-res photo of the day: foreign policy (3478 x... →
Fremont Solstice Parade 2008, originally uploaded by Michael Holden. hi-res photo of the day gallery
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hi-res photo of the day: foreign policy (3478 x... →
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Fremont Solstice Parade 2008, originally uploaded by Michael…
Why Pirates are Necessary →
chrisbrogan via chrisbrogan.com shared by 4 people Superstar pirate chronicler Matt Mason has released a video bit to go with his nifty book. Check it out here.
If you’ve yet to…
patafilm # 539"ghosts" →
Short experimental voodle with suspense and metaphysical speculations, featuring footage from an art performance ( Farrington’s “Passion”), Liselund Cottage and a night drive past a…
creative commons hi-res photo of the day:... →
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: right; padding: 3px;} bloodtype, originally uploaded by ph0t0 {is on the move}.
Spiegelworld NYC - 2008 concert schedule announced →
Welcome to Spiegelworld… the world’s most beautiful travelling venue. With its opulent decor of mirrors and brocade, the intimate 350-seat spiegeltent is the venue for two of the hottest…
Girl Talk on Girl Talk →
Girl Talk Goes Track-By-Track Through Feed The Animals With MTV.
creative commons hi-res photo of the day: the... →
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: right; padding: 3px;} the gathering, originally uploaded by darkmatter.
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Google employees get special space toilets →
Google headquarters has installed some super-sexy Japanese Toto toilets that feature front and rear cleansing along with a dryer and some sort of insane energy saver timer that ensure you…
Keith →
Keith Haring was a NYC based artist and sculptor, known for his grafitti art and social activism. In the early 1980s, I had the privilege of meeting Keith numerous times while working on a…
The MBA myth →
There’s a popular book on entrepreneurship called The E-Myth which claims that bakers shouldn’t run bakeries, plumbers shouldn’t run plumbing companies, and everyone else should think about how…
Xobni Gets Even Better With LinkedIn Data For Your... →
Xobni, the email startup that we’ve described as “The Superplugin for Outlook”, has partnered with LinkedIn to automatically pull contact information from the popular professional network….
cuddle antique! →
directed by: Miss-T
Bill Gates in 2003: WIndows usability going... →
Filed under: OS Updates, E-mail, Microsoft
Have you ever had one of those days when you can’t seem to get your computer to do anything you want it to? Say you want to download…
Daily Show: Terror Attack + Election = Republicans →
In light of Charlie Black’s ridiculous and revealing comments to Fortune magazine Monday, Jon Stewart shows how Republicans are calculating their winning November strategy.
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VIDEO: The Rock-afire Explosion - Love In This... →
If you grew up in the ’80s and early ’90s, you’ll be perfectly acquainted with the horror that is about to unfold before your eyes: the Rock-afire Explosion was an anamatronic band that…
DoD Could Have Gotten Old Ammo For Free →
One question left unanswered by the officials summoned to Capitol Hill yesterday to talk about arms dealer AEY was this: Why did U.S. taxpayers end up spending $300 million for Cold War-era…
Playing with Back Hoes: South Slope Edition →
There is something about the absurdity of the situation described in the following email circulating via the Yahoo South Slope Group that caught our attention. It’s not a major thing, just…
Scoping #3: Rev. Billy and “Save Coney Island” on... →
Still think that Scoping Meetings about land use proposals are as exciting as watching paint dry? Last night’s Coney Island rezoning scoping meeting was no doubt an exception to the rule, but what…
A list of predictions about the unthinkable future... →
A list of predictions about the unthinkable future by Kevin Kelly and Brian Eno, made in 1993. This one by Eno isn’t half bad: A new type of artist arises: someone whose task is to gather…
Coney Island's Future Bitterly, Colorfully... →
Last night’s Coney Island Public Scoping Meeting was the place to be, as activists like political performance artist Reverend Billy turned the meeting into a carnival, leaping up on a chair…
Get 101 Photoshop Tips in Five Minutes [Image... →
Photoshop enthusiast and frantic video editor Deke McClelland fits 101 tips for Adobe’s premiere product into five minutes of video, and the results are surprisingly watchable. Granted, a…
The All-For-Nots Play Kimmel →
The All-For-Nots, the real-life band made up for the fictional documentary web series of the same name, will be playing Jimmy Kimmel Live tonight, June 25 at 12:05 ET. Getting on national TV as…
Plush Creatures Based on Children’s Drawings →
Lizette Greco has a wonderful set of images on flickr: sewn art based on her children’s drawings.
She also sells them on etsy. Not surprisingly, they appear to be sold out at the…
Bush administration spent $500 million to found... →
Yes, you read that headline correctly. For the past 5+ years, the Bush administration has been pouring millions of dollars into an arabic language TV station that is inexplicably airing…
FriendFeed, A Better Way to View Your Flickr... →
Over the course of the past two months I’ve been increasingly getting into FriendFeed, a new service started by a few ex-Google employees. FriendFeed is a service that aggregates all of…
Does Your Gmail Suck Too? →
Om Malik via GigaOM shared by 4 people
A few months ago, at the insistence of some of my team members, we switched from Zimbra to Google Apps for our own domain offering. The argument was…
Lipstick and High Heels Will Get You Raped →
Oh for the love of…
Kota Baru (Malaysia): In a bid to prevent incidents like rape and illicit sex in shops and other business premises, the Kota Bura Municipal Council in Malaysia has reportedly…
The Evil Side of Google? Exploring Google's User... →
Danny Dover via SEOmoz Daily SEO Blog shared by 5 people Posted by Danny DoverGoogle Inc. is first and foremost a data company. In the past, it competed on a level playing field by…
hi-res photo of the day: Heat rises (3241 x 1998) →
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: right; padding: 3px;} Heat rises, originally uploaded by Tampen.
hi-res photo of…
Rescue Me: Fast (minisode premiere) →
Filed under: OpEd, Rescue Me, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(M1) “Holy sh*t, you haven’t had a coffee, a smoke, or a Twinkie in three days dude?!?” - Mike
Rescue Me is…
Miyamoto's Secret To Quality Control: Less Sega,... →
With console warring between Nintendo and Sega a thing of the past, Sega now relegated to a software only existence — robot girlfriends and indoor astronomy gizmos not included — you’d think…
Charter Communications Realizes People Don't Like... →
Last month, cable broadband provider Charter Communications said it was going to test the clickstream tracking/behavioral ad injection service NebuAd, claiming (hilariously) that snooping on you as…
St. Marks Place →
When the teenage version of me visited NYC, the destination was always the punk-infested East Village. I don’t know if anyone has written about that moment at St. Marks Place, before hip-hop made it…
Today's archidose #217 →
Some catching up after the brief hiatus. DRL 10 Pavilion (2008) in London by Alan Dempsey and Alvin Huang. Photo by jiathwee. Almere Schouwburg (2007) in Almere, Netherlands…
Here is today's dose of surreality. →
Here is today’s dose of surreality. (link)
Xaviera Hollander on Being the Happy Hooker →
Xaviera Hollander just hosted a big 65th birthday bash for herself at her Bed & Breakfast in Amsterdam, and in this episode of Naked City TV she reflects on how Amsterdam’s red light…
Inside the box, outside the bun… →
The importance of authenticity in marketing is much talked about but often misunderstood. In the book I looked at authenticity through the lens of hip hop culture, where authenticity is also of…
Best TV on the Web - Rescue Me Minisodes →
Anyone who’s a fan of the shows on cable network FX knows Tuesdays at 10pm is when the best stuff airs - Nip/Tuck (before it went off the rails), The Shield (finally back in…
Jason Bateman Is Not One of Those ‘Actors’ Who... →
Photo: WireImage
“I am not one of those people who wrings his hands and tries to figure out how to play my character right and do a bunch of research and all that crap.” —Jason Bateman […
Rep. Wexler: McCain “broke the law” on campaign... →
Robert Wexler is a surrogate that Barack Obama should be grateful to have on his team. The Florida Congressman squared off against Republican Eric Cantor yesterday on “Late Edition” and did…
Two very different takes on public sculpture and... →
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Last week I was in Seattle for a couple days. A friend suggested I check out the new Olympic Sculpture Park. It was near my hotel…
Better Late Than Never? →
McCain’s national campaign co-chairman, former DHS Secretary Tom Ridge, sorta kinda forgot to register as a foreign lobbyist for Albania, Roll Call reports (sub. req.): For almost two years…
I've Had Enough of "Live" at Conferences →
There are times when “going live” is great. When there’s an earthquake or other catastrophy, it’s great. When you want to show gramma how your baby crawls on the floor while speaking with her on…
John McCain is Aware of the Internet →
Mark ‘Rizzn’ Hopkins via Mashable! shared by 4 people Robert Scoble is in attendence at the Personal Democracy Forum today, and it’s interesting to see the conjunction of…
Beast With a Billion Backs, New Futurama DVD, Out... →
Today is June 24 and, for Futurama fans, that can only mean one thing: the latest offering from Matt Groening and Co. is out today. Beast With A Billion Backs is a “depraved, yet sensuous”…
“Aware of the Internet,” Computer Non-User McCain... →
Two weeks ago, Huffington Post reminded Americans that John McCain by his own admission doesn’t know how to use a computer. Now, McCain campaign aide Mark Soohoo reassured voters that…